Paper holder and cutter



` UNITED STATES, PATENTLOEEICH- Critters-@which rhefollowingis the Specifici"4 i JOHN REYNOLDS, OE CHICAGO, AssIGNOE TO WALLACE B. GILBERT, OEv Y AUSTIN, ILLINOIS.l l

" PAPER-"HOLDERAND oui-TEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ot Letters Patent No. 381,281', dated Api-i1 1'?, 1888.l Application filed September l2, 18:7. Serial No. 249,416.V (No model.) y

To aZ whom it 'mag/"concerns Be' itknown that I, JOHN REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in' the vState of Illinois, have invented anewA and useful Improvement in PaperHolders and tion.

The nature and object of this inventiouare to produce a cheap, simple, and cfiicientpa. per holder and clutter.`

f Figure 1 is a perspective view, Fig. 24 is a vertical section,and`Fig. Sis a longitudinal section, of the paper-roller.

A is the frame orbracket which holds the roller'B in position. On this frame are the f twoinclined supports 'G and D, upon which rest the trunnions'EF of the roller B.

H is the knife, attached to the frame A in front of the roller B. The knife-edge is on A (,Erravity causes vthe rollof paperto continu- Ously'lie against `the knife, as shown in Figs. 2 andA 3, becausethe incline of the inclined supports C andD is toward the knife. ASV

much paper as is required is unwound from `the roll by drawing the free end u nderthe edge ofthe knife, when the paper is out Off.' Grav-Y ityatall times keeps the rollagainst theknifewhen itis necessary-that it should be.

It will be" observedfthatfthis paper holder Y and cutter -is automatic` in its adjustment.

The inclinedsupports C Dcaus'e the roll to action of gravity. Y

. 4015 lie at all timesagainstthe knife/through nthe When the paper on the roll is exhausted, the) roll is kremoved and a newone is'put in lits place.

v I am aware that gravity hasibeen used'before to cause the roll of paper -to'lie against the cutting-knife; but the devicehereinshown for applying gravity for this lpurpose is beflieved to be new; also, it will `loeobserved thaty the inclined supports C D formi an oblique angle with the perpendicular part ofthe frame.

I claiin- Apaperaholder consisting' of a frame'withy i 4 a perpendicular back, inclined,supports C D, extending from the perpendicularpart of the frame, forming an oblique angle therewith,

cuttingknife H, and roller B, constructd'substantiall y as shown.

Witnessesf I (1F. SOHUMACHR', Jr., JAs. A.-CoWL'Es.

. JOHN REYNOLDS. 

